COLUMBUS, Ind. — The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index shows the Freight Rate Index reaching a new all-time high in the 10-year history of the survey, eclipsing the previous record set just last October.

WASHINGTON — The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, reached an all-time monthly high in December, 0.7 percent higher than the previous highest level reached in November, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS).